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for waste treatment facilities to facilitate prompt 

 implementation of established water quality standards 

 in estuaries and coastal waters. Funding of all of 

 the waste treatment facilities needed at Federal 

 installations to eliminate their contribution to 

 pollution in these waters also is urgent, 

 (b) Maximum utilization of other existing Federal 

 grant programs which can be applied to estuarine and 

 coastal zone management purposes. Examples are pro- 

 grams under (1) Section 701 of the Housing Act of 

 1954, Title III of the Water Resources Planning Act, 

 and Section 3(c) of the Water Pollution Control Act, 

 all providing grants for comprehensive planning; (2) 

 the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act, which pro- 

 vides grants for Federal, State, and local acquisi- 

 tion and development of estuarine and coastal sites 

 for conservation and recreation purposes; (3) Section 

 6 of the Water Pollution Control Act, the Water 

 Resources Research Act, and the National Sea-Grant 

 College and Program Act of 1966, all authorizing 

 grants which can be utilized for research and study 

 in estuarine and coastal areas; and (4) Section 7 of 

 the Water Pollution Control Act, providing grants for 

 the administration of State and interstate water 

 pollution control programs. 



